Improvement in door-checks



N UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

e. CHRISTIAN IDLY, 0E BUELINGAME, KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN DOOR-CHECKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,731, dated March11, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, G. CHRISTIAN IDLY, of Burlingame, in the county ofOsage and State of Kansas, have` invented `a new and valuableImprovement in Door-Fastener; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation ot' the same, reference being had to the annexed drawingmaking a part of this specification, and to the letters and iigures' ofreference marked thereon.

Figurel of the drawing is a vertical section 0f my door-fastener. Fig. 2is a front View, of same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of same.

This invention has relation to devices for fastening doors when the sameare open; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement ofthe latch, the latch-holder, catch, and India-rubber cushion for breaking the force of the concussion caused bythe forcible opening orswingingbackward of the door, all substantially as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the latch-holder, consisting of ahanged recessed block of metal screwed to the Iioor at the place towhich the door is swung when opened to its utmost limit. B designatesthe latch, having its hook turned upward, and having its inner end ttedinto a recess and ypivoted, as shown. The hook of said latch is beveledand engages automatically with a box-catch,

C, or a similar device secured to the door. A lever, D, constructed witha foot-piece, d, is pivoted above, and rests on said latch, and

hence, when pressed down, releases the latter from the catch, allowingthe door to be closed. A spring, E, occupying a recess in the block Abelow the. latch, maintains the latter in a position to engage with thecatch and hold the door. A plate, F, secured to the face of the block A,holds said spring in place'. This plate is slotted to allow the latch towork. G represents an India-rubber cushion embedded in a recess abovethe lever D, and designed to break the force of the concussion of thecatch and to prevent the lever from being raised too high by the spring.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The latchholder A, having the beveled latch B, spring E, pivotedfoot-lever D, and Indiarubber cushion G, in combination with a catchboxC, all constructed and arranged substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

. G. CHRISTIAN IDLY. Witnesses:

J. M. CHAMBERS, C. R. ROGERS.

